Writing fresh
an exercise to get your creative mind going this weekend
this week’s prompt:
We all have a folder or notebook with work that’s finished, but not quite done yet. This weekend, dig into a piece that you’ve been meaning to revise. The older the piece, the better. Instead of editing the piece directly. Open a fresh document and rewrite from scratch.
As you revise, think about the reason why you wrote the piece in the first place. Does that still hold true? Or do you feel differently about things now?
What is the crux of the piece now? Rewrite and honor that nugget of truth.
Happy writing!
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musings
Speaking of rewriting. I’m rewriting a microfiction piece and having a lot of fun with it. So we’re in the same boat this weekend if you’re taking on this week’s prompt.
If you’re feeling stuck, I hope it helps open up your creative mind again.
And yes, you’ll notice that a lot of the stuff in the section below lately has been AI-related. It’s because that’s a topic very much on my mind, and one I believe should be on the mind of all artists.
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things that caught my eye
Recent watch: Friendship (2024) — I was really excited for this because IMO there are not enough comedy movies being made these days. But I went into it feeling sad, and that was a terrible choice on my part.
✏️ CRAFT First Chapter Contest 2025 — Deadline August 10, 2025.
🌏 In the Age of AI, We Must Protect Human Creativity As a Natural Resource — via Ars Technica.
👀 Some Signs of AI Model Collapse Have Begun to Reveal Themselves — via The Register.
✏️ Constance Rooke CNF Prize ($1,250) — Deadline August 1, 2025.
😧 S.F. Author Temporarily Banned on Facebook After Writing About L.A. Protests — via San Francisco Chronicle. — (absolutely insane that this headline doesn’t mention that the author in question is Rebecca Solnit!!!!!)
❌ The End of Writing and Reading Will Be the End of Freedom — via The Washington Post.
🤔Is ‘Immersive Reading’ the Ideal New Way to Experience Books? — via The Globe and Mail.
deadlined stuff from previous weeks
✏️ Fractured Lit Flash Fiction Open — open for submissions until July 13, 2025 ($3,500 award + publication).
open submission calls
✏️ Seize the Press is looking to publish dark speculative fiction, strict 7,500 word limit.
✏️ Okay Donkey is open to poetry and flash fic submissions, no deadline but there’s a monthly cap on free submissions.
happy writing
artwork by Angela Miklos Creative